Alessia Cara : (8)

" I always told myself that if I was going to be given a voice, I might as well say something worth listening to and not something that’s just going to feed people stupidity. " - Alessia Cara

" As long as each song makes somebody feel something, I think that’s the point of it all. I don’t want it to just be background music, you know? " - Alessia Cara

" You can do anything and be a star. You can dress like however you want, and you can do whatever you want. If you wanna wear meat suits like Lady Gaga, good. She’s freaking amazing! She’s doing that, and she’s unbelievable. I can wear T-shirts and still be great, too. So that’s just what I’m proving to people. " - Alessia Cara

" As a kid, my parents would always listen to a lot of Beatles, Queen, Elvis. My mom was born and raised in Italy, and my dad was born in Canada and moved back and forth between Canada and Italy, so they would also listen to all the big Italian stars like Eros Ramazzotti, Gigi D’Alessio, Tiziano Ferro, Laura Pausini. " - Alessia Cara

" I was too shy to do any vocal lessons or go to choirs; I just didn’t want to be seen doing it. It’s something that I kept to myself. I started easing into it, and I started doing talent shows, and YouTube really helped with that, too. " - Alessia Cara

" ‘Wild Things’ is saying, ‘I don’t have to belong anywhere. This is where I belong.’ It’s a place in the back of my mind that I created, and it’s cool, and I love it here. " - Alessia Cara

" Everywhere I go, every city, they’re always like, ‘What’s in the water in Canada? What’s in the water in Toronto?’ " - Alessia Cara

" I don’t think a lot of artists have the freedom that I have when it comes to dressing in general. " - Alessia Cara